By Keith Roach, M.D. TITLE: 63-year-old debates getting shingles and chicken pox vaccines---DEAR DR. ROACH: A few months ago, yo ...

Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston promised on Tuesday that his government would introduce free shingles vaccines ...

Varicella-zoster virus causes chickenpox and is a member of the herpes virus group. It is extremely contagious and causes a ...

Also called ‘herpes zoster’, shingles occurs when the varicella zoster virus causing childhood chickenpox re-emerges from sensory ganglion nervous system cells where the virus lies dormant after ...

GP Alice Fitzgibbon covers a common condition many people will have heard of – shingles. Shingles is an infection that causes ...

Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: In March 2023, my 94-year-old mother had a shingles episode on the right side of her neck, head, ear and (to a lesser degree) right cheek. The active blisters lasted ...

Most common in people +50 years of age and older, and those with a weakened immune system, shingles is caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), the same virus that causes ...

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Shingles is a viral infection triggered by the varicella-zoster virus, the same one that causes chickenpox. Though not life-threatening, shingles can cause severe pain and discomfort. The symptoms of ...

Shingles is caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), the virus that causes chickenpox. As people age, the strength of the immune system response to infection wanes ...

It began with a burning pain in her right eye. At first, Elisabeth Cohen thought she’d gotten something in it. But the next day, as she was pushing her hair back on that side of her head, she ...

Varicella zoster virus (VZV), a member of the Herpesviridae family, is a highly contagious and neurotropic virus that only infects humans. All herpes viruses have the capacity to induce lifelong ...